France’s Economic Woes Intensify

While Macron tries to position France to lead the European Union politically, France is in trouble economically. This is only one aspect of the crisis: the collapse of small businesses over the past year; At a frantic pace it is also losing hold of economic interests in Africa – something that Kuzmanovic George does not include in his list below – as different African states, starting with the Sahel states (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger) and others kick out French military bases and gain control of their mining and other economic interest, long controlled and exploited by France.

This from Kuzmanovic Georges

France is going through a serious economic crisis — and it’s only getting worse.

Massive crash of #SMEs across the territory.

Many iconic companies are falling: Counter des Cotonniers, Princesse Tam Tam, France Solar, Casa France, Carmat, etc.

Commercial courts are saturated with bankruptcy proceedings.

In the first quarter of 2025, 17,897 companies were placed under legal procedure: 5,240 in recovery, 12,266 in liquidation.

In 2024 the number of proceedings reached its highest level in 15 years — since the 2008 crisis never truly resolved. 2025 looks even worse.

Why this collapse?

The price of energy (thanks Brussels: sanctions against Russia aggravate the EU’s nonsense again).

Food inflation.

The trade wars launched by our “ally”, the United States.

An overwhelming taxation and a suffocating Franco-European bureaucracy.

But above all:

A weak state with the powerful, but authoritative and binding for the little ones.

A neoliberalism that puts the state at the service of a financial oligarchy, often foreign.

The European cult of free trade, which exposes our companies to unfair competition globally.

The total lack of industrial planning — worse, accelerated de-industrialization.

Let’s pay tribute to Olivier Marleix, one of the few who fought tirelessly against deindustrialization and denounced the destruction caused by Macronie.

A surge in technological and industrial power of the countries of the BRICS and the Global South, which no longer need us — a direct consequence of 40 years of relocations in the name of the profit of a handful of billionaires.

To succeed: we will need tenacity, collective sacrifice, work — and above all a firm political will, which serves France and the interests of its people.